Description: Buddha Maitreya. Tibet / China. Old fire-gilt bronze sculpture. Polychrome painting. Stone ornaments. Height 22 cm (8.7"). Weight: 1662 g. From German private collection. His hands showing the dharmachakra mudra in front of his heart center and holding long lotus flowers, topped by the wheel of teaching (skt. dharma chakra) and a pot with the nectar of long life (skt. jivana-kalasha). Seated in dhyana-asana on a lotus throne. High, with a stupa adorned ushnisha. Wearing a multi-leaved crown, a long scarf, some royal jewelry, and clothes of a Buddhist Bodhisattva. Bottom covered with copper consecration plate with seal. Slight signs of age and wear.